The environmental scientists at Climate Audit and Watt's Up With That have blown that 'science' behind Anthropogenic Global Warming (that's Man-Caused Global Warming fer you ignerant Rethuglicans) out of the water. They showed that the folks that put together the reports used to jump start the Global Warming craze back in the '90's were totally cherry-picking that data and not submitting the full data sets for peer review. When asked to provide the full dataset after the flaw was discovered, the pushers of this famous 'Hockey Stick' spike in global temperature in the late 20th century would not release it for general peer review. Totally spitting in the face of true scientific method. They finally released the data earlier this year.
The graph above shows three data sets: the red is the famous 'hockey stick' data taken from twelve cherry-picked trees, the black is the data taken from the rest of the trees in the area in Russia that was measured, and the green is the merging of the two data sets. What this shows is a late 20th century that, though warming, is not atypical at all for the last 2000 years. There is some incredibly good stuff written at these two sites. The main author of the new analysis, Steve McIntyre states
As CA readers also know, until recently, CRU staunchly refused to provide the measurement data used in Briffa's Yamal reconstruction. Science(mag) acquiesced in this refusal in connection with Osborn and Briffa 2006. While the Yamal chronology was used in a Science article, it originated with Briffa 2000 and Science(mag) took the position that the previous journal (which had a different data policy) had jurisdiction. Briffa used the chronology Briffa et al (Phil Trans B, 2008) and the Phil Trans editors finally seized the nettle, requiring Briffa to archive the data. As noted before, Briffa asked for an extension and, when I checked earlier this year, the Yamal measurement data remained unarchived. A few days ago, I noticed that the Yamal data was finally placed online. With the information finally available, this analysis has only taken a few days.
This should add an incredible amount of ammunition to the anti-Cap 'n' Trade fighters. Al Gore, as most reasonable people know, is full of hot air, and bullshit.
The Earth goes through warming and cooling periods. It has long before man was ever around, and especially before man started emitting carbon to any great extent. Why did the climates of the other planets in the solar system warm at the same time as the Earth did? Climate change here on Earth is just a way of life. Look at the dinosaurs. I was reading about history in France and it was stating how the Earth was going through a cooling period at that time in history as just some side note.
ReplyDeleteWhy would they note release this? I think it has to do with funding and money. Look at the Gore guy, he is making a very nice living off of this global warming stuff. On Earth day, he leaves all of his lights on at his Mansion. All of these scientist need funding to keep their job. And of course, the government is using this manufactured crises to its own advantage. Just more proof that this global warming crap is not about saving the environment; but instead, about furthering other goals and agendas. Very smart. I have to hand it to the government. It gets the job done.
Yet the dumb masses will continue to believe this global warming crap and have their support used by the government to further its own agenda. We are saving the planet. Makes me feel warm and cozy and important. A self-absorbed view. Take a look at the history of Earth. What a naive way to think.